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The Programmer's Price: Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent
Original EnglishI started freelancing because I was working as a salaried employee at a company that was slowly dying, and I wanted to have a backup …
LinkedIn: It’s illegal to scrape our website without permission
Original EnglishThere's a reason an empty CD costs 50c but a music album costs $10.
Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?
Original Englishthe last 3 months and it has finally gotten to the point where I am making more than $1000/month with more than 25 active customers …
Introducing Stripe UK
Original EnglishWe've been using Shareit for selling software for many, many years and it's basically 4.9% as fees.
Updates to Google Cloud’s infrastructure capabilities and pricing
Original EnglishWe use Gsuite and a very minimal GC setup so from a financial perspective it doesn't really matter all that much.
Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
Original EnglishThere's never been a break-through moment as revenue has grown at an average rate of about 3.5% per month since we launched.
Programmer Interrupted
Original EnglishBy redirecting inwards-bound interruptions to myself, I've probably reduced developer interruptions by 80% since I started.
Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
Original EnglishI launched it about three months ago, it has revenue, and I've been scrambling to build things in response to user feedback.
The Web’s Cruft Problem
Original EnglishThe sanitation budget was constantly being slashed, because Quality Assurance as a department doesn't bring in a profit (that they can see), whereas hordes of …